Spanish Socialists face a coal vs. climate dilemma
Brussels is ramping up the pressure to drop coal, but doing so could cost the fragile government crucial votes. Spain’s new Socialist government is trying…
Science denialism is dangerous. But so is science imperialism.
Calls for strict science-based decision making on complex issues like GMOs and geoengineering can shortchange consideration of ethics and social impacts. “Your scientists were so…
The World Cup of Climate Change
In the game of tackling climate change, who would be the champion? By Tan Copsey and Bridgette Burkholder The World Cup starts today. Billions of…
The US nuclear power plants ‘at risk’ of shutting down
Nuclear power plants generate more than half of the US’s low-carbon electricity. However, record low gas prices associated with the US fracking boom have made many existing…
Frankenstein: the real experiments that inspired the fictional science
Giovanni Aldini’s experiments with a human corpse. Wellcome Collection, CC BY-SA Iwan Morus, Aberystwyth University On January 17 1803, a young man named George Forster…
China and EU can lead on climate action
Special Representative for Climate Change Xie Zhenhua, China (L) EU Commissioner for Energy and Climate Action Miguel Arias Canete (R) attend the second Ministerial on…
Here’s what you need to know about carbon pricing
As the world weighs strategies for keeping climate change in check, more and more countries, communities and businesses are embedding the cost of carbon into…
Paul Romer and William Nordhaus – why they won the 2018 ‘economics Nobel’
Sergey V. Popov, Cardiff University William Nordhaus and Paul Romer have been awarded the 2018 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences (colloquially known as the…
Ozone pollution in US national parks is nearly the same as in large cities
“Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue” John Muir, My First Summer in the Sierra (1911) Most…
Dallol
Dallol is a village located in the Danakil Desert, northern Ethiopia. Known as the hottest place year-round on Earth, Dallol holds the official record for…
How land under solar panels can contribute to food security
At a recent solar energy conference in Minneapolis, attendees unwound at happy hour tasting free pints of a local honey-based India Pale Ale called “Solarama…
Mapped: The US nuclear power plants ‘at risk’ of shutting down
Nuclear power plants generate more than half of the US’s low-carbon electricity. However, record low gas prices associated with the US fracking boom have made…
Australia is running out of fuel
Last week, it emerged that Australia was just 43 days away from completely running out of fuel. That would mean people aren’t able to fill…